Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 288

Magic is Learned for Nothing – Episode 289

Territory Invasion 2

Krrrrrrrr!

As if water was draining from a bottomless jar, the soil on the floor was sucked away and disappeared.

Dapala and the Iron Golem stepped back, just standing there with their mouths open, watching it.

As they watched the sudden disaster, they thought about their future, facing Pritia’s wrath head-on.

It was not the time to worry about the dismissed contract guardians who were staging a protest outside.

“I’m, I’m screwed,” Dapala shouted, tearing at his hair.

Why is everything so twisted these days? Even last year, his mother had looked at him with worried eyes and said,

“Dapala, next year is your Samjae [a period of misfortune that occurs every nine years in Korean tradition]. You’re unlucky enough to break your nose even if you fall backward. You have to be especially careful of fire and pigs.”

He just laughed it off, but suddenly he remembered that the word ‘fire’ was closely related to Pritia.

Damn Samjae!

It’s so frustrating, I’m going crazy.

Ah, but the worst of the Samjae is said to be pigs… Fortunately, I haven’t been involved with pigs yet, so I’m glad.

Anyway, let’s say the Iron Golem is Pritia’s subordinate.

I am not.

I am a certified real estate agent and a legitimate businessman.

I have nothing to do with Pritia. Just a VIP customer. But why do I have to leave my family and do this crazy manual labor?

It’s absurd to anyone.

I should report it to the chairman of the Fair Trade Commission. 200,000 people need to gather within a month…

But I can’t reveal my name.

If!

The moment Pritia says, ‘Don’t do real estate in my land. Get out!’ Dapala becomes a duck egg in the lecture [meaning he’d be ruined or worthless]. It’s the dirty and stingy tyranny of a large corporation.

To avoid that, I have to move to another land, but getting out of my area, where I’ve built my foundation and worked for decades, is more difficult than starting from scratch.

It would be okay if I were alone, but the money that goes into my children’s education every month is astronomical.

The problem is my wife and the other moms with their fierce skirt-chasing [a Korean term referring to the intense competition among mothers to ensure their children’s success].

Which academy is good? What kind of education should I give them? If I miss the education period, I can’t handle it.

From kindergarten, I have to make connections with the successful kids and come out into society with them, so that I can have an open-hearted relationship with them and live without worrying about my status for the rest of my life.

The age of magic is over now.

Now is the age of land and connections. A guy with a lot of land is better than a lord, and a guy with wide and deep connections is better than a nobleman.

To do that, you have to get close to the higher-ups in advance, that was Dapala’s wife’s educational philosophy.

Thanks to that, the elf who’s breaking his back is only Dapala.

Still, my wife doesn’t even like luxury goods, ‘Let’s not eat fish with eggs’ [a Korean saying referring to someone who is frugal or avoids extravagance] next door died of overwork last year, and ‘I hate Fukushima’ right next door is suffering from a stroke and can’t use half of his body.

The same goes for me.

The day I get kicked out by Pritia!

I might get divorced. For the first year, she’ll put up with it, but if I become a ‘Samshiki’ [a Korean term for an unemployed person who lives off their spouse] for the second year, every day will be like sitting on thorns.

I must never let that happen.

-Kukukuku!

As I was thinking about that, fortunately, the ringing stopped. Instead, I heard a strange sound.

“Aigo, it’s incredibly hard.”

“I know, right? How can a rock be so hard?”

“It’s just a rock. Can’t we just break this kind of thing?”

Distant voices were heard from the collapsed underground.

“What is this again?”

Dapala felt cold sweat running down his spine. Could it be that Don Quixote has come to rob this place again?

Yes, that guy is capable of that.

Even so, he’s a guy who’s got his liver outside his belly [meaning he’s reckless or daring]. He thinks of the Dragon Lair as his own home.

Bidet and Lulu’s heads popped out of the ground.

Covered in dust, they spat out the dirt and sand that had gotten into their mouths.

“Disciple.”

“Yes, Master.”

“I guess this isn’t the place.”

“I guess not. Geko clearly said that he smelled a new mineral here.”

“No matter how good Geko is, he can’t be right all the time.”

“Of course. If he found mines 100 out of 100 times, he’d be a god, not a dwarf. Even if he’s right 10 out of 100 times, it’s a huge probability. Thanks to Geko, we found two mines, didn’t we?”

“Well, to be able to smell minerals. That’s an amazing ability in itself. But what is this place?”

“I don’t know.”

Bidet said, looking at Dapala, whose face was pale.

“There was someone living here. Sorry about that.”

With those words, he went back down to the underground.

A sound of something ringing was heard, and soon the dwarves disappeared.

“Hey! Hey!”

Dapala called out to Bidet.

“Hey! You bastards!”

He called out again. His voice is very urgent. If I miss these bastards, it’s over.

“Hey! Do something!”

He shouted at the Iron Golem too. It seems that this slow friend is finally understanding the situation.

“What should I do?”

“What do you mean what should you do! Ah, go and catch them quickly!”

The Iron Golem, who was moving slowly, suddenly grabbed his head and started screaming.

“Aaaaa-! I’m screwed!”

Move one step more in that time.

Dapala couldn’t stand it and went down and dug up the ground himself. But the hole was already closed.

“Ah, should I run away?”

Rather, Dapala was calming down as the situation turned out like this.

* * *

Legion had been locked in the training room for days.

Except for eating and going to the bathroom, he hardly thought about leaving the training room.

People were worried about Legion.

Our lord has no days off. He needs to rest a little. Look at his face, he looks so weak that it makes me want to cry.

Of course, Legion was not as focused on training as they were worried about.

The problem is something else!

He was concerned about Duke Trebia, the man who had inflicted a crushing defeat on Lich Mamon, and his party members.

It was the first time in Legion’s life that he had been concerned about guys he had never seen before.

“It was really amazing.”

Mamon repeatedly talked about how strong and threatening they were.

“How much? Stronger than Dreizger?”

Lich Mamon answered without hesitation for even a second.

“They are strong.”

“Really?”

“Why would I lie?”

“Are they Grand Masters?”

“Yes, they are.”

“Heol~” [a Korean expression of surprise or disbelief]

Grand Masters, who are said to appear only once in a generation, are pouring out like mass-produced industrial products.

I’m also a Grand Master.

Dreizger is also a Grand Master.

The Duke or whatever is also a Grand Master.

Um, the Archbishop of Stonehead Church is probably also a Grand Master.

The guy called the sleeping lion in the Empire is also a Grand Master…

They’re just churning them out.

Legion muttered as if he was dumbfounded.

If someone from another territory or another kingdom heard Legion’s words, they would be horrified.

The case where the lord and the general become Grand Masters at the same time in one territory cannot be found even if you search all the history books. In a word, it doesn’t make sense.

How could someone with such power settle under someone else? If he just said, ‘This is my land’ while walking down the street, the king of that country would be in a frenzy to give him more land.

The realm where you can become a king with only innate force, even if you have no virtue, no personality, and no qualifications as a king, is the realm of Grand Master.

Two Grand Masters were produced in one territory?

This was a historical event. Of course, Legion and Dreizger wouldn’t think anything of it.

Legion’s honest wish was to meet true love and have a lot of romance, rather than becoming a Dark Lord. Of course, I have to undo my vasectomy first.

“Mark.”

-Speak.

“When are you going to undo my vasectomy?”

-…….

“Answer me, you son of a bitch. Do you go into hiding whenever the story of vasectomy comes up?”

Most of the people my age are already married, have sons and daughters, and are living well, but why am I still alone every day?

I’m so jealous when I see Rose and Heater.

But I still haven’t had a proper relationship.

I haven’t even kissed. I cried sadly because I hadn’t even kissed, and Mark taught me something interesting.

-There’s something called self-kiss. In the future, there will be many people living alone, so this is a way to create the feeling of kissing someone else on your own.

“Hooh! There’s such a thing? How do you do it?”

Legion asked seriously.

-First, push your lips as far inside your mouth as possible. Then bite down gently, and then gently stroke your lips with your tongue.

Legion followed those words exactly.

“Oooooh! This is really like the real thing!”

Legion exclaimed Eureka in an admiring voice, and then made a big decision. I will definitely get Red Zircon and materialize Mark, that bastard!

You son of a bitch, what’s the same! It just made me miserable!

-It’s okay. Many people who see this article will be following along.

“……”

To be honest, even if I want to kiss, even if I want to do secret things, I don’t think it will work because of Mark. Isn’t that bastard watching every act like a voyeur?

It’s a tiring situation in many ways.

-Anyway, that’s not important now! Your enemies are piled up on all sides. The Archbishop and Duke Trebia alone are stronger than you.

Are you sure?

-Considering Lich Mamon, that’s right. Furthermore, they are not in a stagnant situation, but are still growing. If you stay like this, you will be left behind.

That can’t happen.

-Then you have to get stronger too. There has never been a time when so many Grand Masters have appeared in one era. Do you know what this means?

If there were angels, they would have shouted like this.

That’s why! We kept giving oracles! A great disaster is coming! Why don’t you believe it!

Sadly, no one still believed it.

Vasera Babab takes ‘sleeping pills that don’t dream’ and goes to sleep because the angels give so many oracles.

Legion shook his head.

-What does it mean is that you can make a lot of money.

How?

-Hehehehe.

Mark hinted at his plan. Legion’s expression changed strangely when he heard his words.

If it goes well, this is a jackpot?

-That’s right.

But if I’m not the strongest, that plan is useless.

-Get stronger.

How? I’m an 8-circle, 8-star. I won’t lose even if I fight Dreizger. Is there any way to get stronger? There is no one in the history books who has reached 9 circles and 9 stars.

-Why do you keep using Dreizger as a standard? You go your own way. Now, think about it! What do you have left?

I don’t know.

-……Did your intelligence drop again? There’s something left. Get the staff out of the subspace quickly.

Mark’s angry voice seemed to spread throughout Legion’s body.

You’re getting more and more violent.

Legion grumbled and opened the subspace. He put his hand in and took something out.

“Aoh, I was surprised. What is this?”

I thought it was a staff, but it’s a bone. It was a bone that looked like it had something.

“Dragon Bone?”

It’s absurd. There shouldn’t be any bones left. The Bone Dragon has definitely been resurrected. What the hell is this?

Suddenly, Lich Mamon popped out, grabbed the Dragon Bone, and ran away into the subspace.

Only then did Legion realize what was going on.